Re: [HACKERS] sort on huge table

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: t-ishii(at)sra(dot)co(dot)jp
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] sort on huge table
Date: 1999-10-19 14:17:06
Message-ID: 9100.940342626@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii(at)sra(dot)co(dot)jp> writes:
> It worked with 2GB+ table but was much slower than before.
> Before(with 8MB sort memory): 22 minutes
> After(with 8MB sort memory): 1 hour and 5 minutes
> After(with 80MB sort memory): 42 minutes.

Oh dear. I had tested it with smaller files and concluded that it was
no slower than before ... I guess there is some effect I'm not seeing
here. Can you tell whether the extra time is computation or I/O (how
much does the runtime of the backend change between old and new code)?

regards, tom lane

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